NIST’s withdrawn special publication 800-90A is back in the news. This time, it’s due to an allegation carried by Reuters that RSA Data Security was paid by the NSA to make the dual-EC (elliptic curve) variant the default deterministic random-bit generator algorithm, or DRBG, in its commercial toolkit product. RSA has denied the allegation. Random-bit generation is a critical foundation of

As many as 40 million credit and debit card account holders may have been recently exposed to a massive breach involving 1,797 Target stores nationwide, as well as 124 Canadian-based locations. According to Krebs On Security, the initial data breach was thought to have occurred between Black Friday and Dec. 6. However, recent evidence has emerged indicating that the breach

A recent article by the Microsoft malware protection center, “Be a real security pro – Keep your private keys private,” reminded me of some best practices. There are far too many cases of illegitimate code being signed by a stolen private key for legitimately signed code-signing certificates. In these cases, the owners of the private keys have not secured the

This holiday season, buyers everywhere will flock to the Internet to rack up savings on deals and avoid the hassles of shopping in malls and department stores. Unfortunately, shopping online without using caution can lead to great headaches due to the prevalence of criminal activity. One of the most devastating identity theft techniques comes in the form of email phishing.

A recent article by the Microsoft malware protection center, “Be a real security pro – Keep your private keys private,” reminded me of some best practices. There are far too many cases of illegitimate code being signed by a stolen private key for legitimately signed code-signing certificates. In these cases, the owners of the private keys have not secured the

This holiday season, buyers everywhere will flock to the Internet to rack up savings on deals and avoid the hassles of shopping in malls and department stores. Unfortunately, shopping online without using caution can lead to great headaches due to the prevalence of criminal activity. One of the most devastating identity theft techniques comes in the form of email phishing.

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